katyjc
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Claret and blue all the way! (but now that we have moved to geelong( vic) we are sometimes blue and white for the Cats!)
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Hi all, any ideas where to watch the FA cup final ( villa v arsenal) in Canberra?? It's on 2 am ish on a in morning. Have googled it, casino maybe?? Any local knowledge greatly appreciated! Katy :smile::smile::smile::smile::smile::smile:
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Hi Cerberus, Just got off phone with just car insurance, as you suggested. Super helpful, super friendly, we are now insured! Sorry about the rant, feeling better now. Just don't often face such blatant sexism. Am doing the silly thing of re-running the situation over and over in my mind, thinking that I should have said this or that to him. But I didn't say anything clever or cutting, actually thanked him and hung up. Pathetic!! Lol! Friday night after my first week at new job, sun still shining, time for a glass of wine me thinks!
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Hi all, sorry I have not visited or posted in a while, been busy with the big move. We are finally here in Victoria (4 weeks now) and have had a very busy time getting it all sorted out. From jobs to Medicare to child care rebate to home phone connection, wow, it's all taken way longer than expected. Happy to answer any questions about setting up home/ kids in the early days here in oz if anyone has any. just got news our imported car arrived, ready to pick up tomorrow. Phoned Shannon's car ins for a quote on recommendation from Iron Lady Imports who imported for us, only to be subjected to a quiz on how much I love cars. "What do I know about cars?" " what can I tell him about cars?" "Have I ever done a car modification?" "am I a REAL car enthusiast?" My answers were obviously not correct, as I was told that I don't fit their profile as a customer, cos they are "all about the person". Silly me, thought car insurance had at least something to do with the car. I must be somewhat enthusiastic about my Mercedes to pay upward of £4000 to import the thing!! I wonder if it would have been a different story if my husband had phoned ( who, btw, knows a lot less about cars than I do!) things in Aus are hard when you don't know the system. And it's hard setting up everything from scratch, like all the types of insurance. Shannon's we're no help to me at all, they didn't even recommend somewhere else to contact. Most other businesses we have dealt with in our early days have been really helpful. anyway, that's my rant. Moderators, please don't moderate my views too much. You can see from my post history I am usually a reasonable person! katy xx
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Hi all, After my moan the other day, I can now finally say.......WE GOT IT!!!!!!!!! Yay! Subclass 100 as promised. We feel very relieved, house going on the market in the new year. How exciting! I will add stats to the Dave S spreadsheet . Congrats to all fellow grantees! Katy xx
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Hi everyone, Just wanted to say.....WHERE IS OUR VISA?????? Ahh, that's better. As I put on my signature bit on the bottom of this post, we were promised end of Oct. but maybe a change in ce officer has delayed us. Will keep you posted, hopefully have news any day now. I will keep watching this thread as always. Katy xx
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Hi brucey, We applied early may, told early oct grant, but still waiting . Hoping to hear any day now. We have also not heard a peep from our CO (MC) except a few weeks ago to say she is finishing up and case being taken over by someone new. have not had any email from new person yet. Just waiting waiting waiting. No real rush as house not sold. So just incorporating the waiting into every day life! I will update the DaveS spreadsheet as soon as we are granted, as this seems to give a good indication of current wait times. Will defo contact new CO if no grant by end of month. Katy
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Wow, greeneyes, congratulations!! Exciting news for you, and for me also,as we submitted within a day of each other according to the Dave S spreadsheet! our case officer (MC) is now leaving however, and her replacement won't arrive til next week,so hopefully we will be granted soon. Congrats again! X Katy QUOTE=greeneyes;1935976390]Hi all. E-mailed my CO a few days ago (CO is PS) to remind him that I would be going to Thailand on Tuesday for 10 days for a friends wedding. He responded saying he is now in a position to grant my visa. Whoohooo!! So... applied May 10th 2012 visa granted September 27th 2012 (but need to leave Aus before I get it!)
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A huge congratulations to all who have had their visas! Have been watching the posts for a long while now, it's good to see familiar names finally getting granted! It's weird how lots have been grant in a short period of time. Can't wait til oct time to finally post our "got it" post. Xx Katy
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My husbands was £290(in Birmingham ). From reading other posts they seem to go from about £200- £290ish
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Hi EllieB, Yes, takes ages to get all the stuff together doesn't it! Like being back at school!! For the nature of the house hold I typed up some pages with bullet points of info addressing things similar to what they suggest in the booklet, eg division of household tasks, who does what with kids, who works when, who pays child are etc. then I put in a list of the paper evidence I supplied that went to support that category. Then I put it together with a big paper clip( no staples apparently, as they want to quickly scan the stuff) to indicate that all this paper addressed The Nature of our Household. Social context similar, firstly bullet point listed things we do together, joint memberships, overseas wedding attended. Then listed the evidence I wa supplying to support this (as I recall was mainly photos of us doing stuff abroad or with mates, some wedding invites), then paper clipped all this together. Down the bottom of almost every page me or hubby typed we put a little statement( that I copied off the last couple of pages of the application,) saying something along the lines of declaring the above information to be true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. Then we printed names and also both signed the forms. Don't take this stuff to the notary public, else will cost a bundle ( we only took passport copies, birth certifs, wedding certifs, pay slips for the notary) Hope this helps you. Best of luck. :-)
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Hi jimmyciara, We are similar to what TheGrahams have posted, in that we had to ask specifically which subclass we were being considered for. We asked after sending all the requested bits( medical, police check) as wanted to check these had all arrived. the wording was something like... I can now inform you that all requirements for the subclass 100 have now been met... Your case officer should be able to give you an indication
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Congratulations on your marriage johnboy!
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Hi maisem, My hubby had same prob. Was told by medical centre to get forms off website, he thought they meant the medical centres web site, but we eventually figured out they meant immi.gov.au Printed off and took form 26 medical exam form and form 160 x ray form Some bits you can fill out in advance, some bits need signing in front of medic. Also, ours wa £290!!!!! Arrggghh, and we get no real indication of results, only that it was ok. Hope this helps Katy x
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Hi all, Got some good news today, so wanted to share it with you all, as am reading this thread almost daily. Email from CO today, all docs in, hubby being considered for subclass 100! woohhooo! CO said it will be 5 months from date of lodgement, so that's early October for us. I am sorry to read that some of you have been waiting 6 months, so will hold back with giving notice or putting house on market, as 5 months could become 6 by the sounds of it . Feel like we are genuinely in the queue now! Yay!!
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Hi Dave S Thanks for including us in this spread sheet, we both found it very useful. It is nice to see at a glance what period of time people have waited. How could Australia not want you with such magnificent spreadsheet skills! :biggrin:
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Hi PollyGirl, No migration service, we did it ourselves, which is probably why it took about six months to compile! We had planned to submit jan 2012! Lol! 21st July not far off, you must be getting excited/nervous??
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Yes, Pollygirl. We have MC. Can't really comment on her feedback etc yet, as still waiting for police checks to send her, so will probably contact her more then. Glad to hear someone else has one MC, was thinking we were the only ones ! Will keep updating when have more news.
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Hi all, have been reading this post with interest for months now, and finally have something to contribute myself! Yay! I am the Aussie, hubby is the Pom. We submitted his spouse visa app 09/05/12, and CO emailed back within three days, requesting med and police check. Medical booked for hubby tomorrow in Birmingham (£290 - what a rip off!!! Didn't expect that one!) police forms posted this week. Case officer is MC, have had a quick scan through and couldn't see anyone else with this CO. Excess docs have been sent back to us this week, just not had time to get themfrompost office, so unsure what's come back yet. Will keep you informed as we progress. I get so nervous even typing about it, but I know we have a long road ahead, so trying to keep a lid on excitement. As for bank statements, I put in the last three months, hubby could only print off the last two. CO not asked for any more in terms of documents. Hope this helps. K
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Hi Dave S, If it's Aussie citizenship by descent you need for your son, just got my 2 kids citizenship by descent three weeks ago, was super quick, I posted it Monday, citizenship certificates arrived on Friday!! That was London office.
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Hi Iron Chef, I have found this thread very useful. Was wondering if I could ask your opinion on my car please? Mercedes Benz B160 2009 1.6 petrol, air con, 11,000 mileage Uk price approx £11,000 to £12,000 I was unable to find a B160 on redbook, they seem to start at B180, so have got my resale figure from a 2009 B180 Private sale AUD$27-30,000 Do you think it being a 1.6 will be a big negative? Thanks very much, look forward to hearing from you.